Utility bag



N. CARROLL UTILITY BAG May 27- 1924.

Filed July 18. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 M, Mfiq 311 ue 11 T05, JZQI'I'JZZ,

May 27, 1924. v 1,495,220

N. CARROLL UTILITY BAG Filed July 18 1923 2 SheetsSheet 2 311mm I l'o I JL Ka/VY/J L Patented May 27, 1.924.

NELL CARROLL, O'F HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

UTILITY BAG.

Application filed July 18,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELL CARROLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of Cabell and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Utility Bag, of which the follow I ing is a specification.

This invention relates to utility bags for use by campers, students and others.

The object of the invention is to provide a double wall flexible panel the front member of which is equipped on its outer face with pockets constructed and arranged to receive various articles, said member having also a slit to afford access to the space between the walls of the panels which is designed for use as a laundry bag.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combiuation and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit. of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a bag constructed in accordance with this invention with parts broken out.

Fig. 2 is a detail rear elevation showing the exit opening for the soiled clothes.

line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 4-4 looking in the direction of the arrow showing one of the pockets with the walls thereof in the position assumed before articles are inserted.

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the walls of the pockets in the position assumed when in use; and

Fig. 6 is a section of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment illustrated the'bag 1 constituting this invention which may be of any suitable or desired size is preferably made in the form ofa flexible rectangular Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the taken on the line 66 double walled panel the members 2 and 3 of which are secured together along their edges by a binding 6. The rear wall 2 is longitudinally split near its lower end to form a placket 4 which isprovided with a flap secured by suitable fastenings 5. This therefrom are two 1923. Serial No. 652,410.

placket is designed for the removal of soiled clothing which is placed in the spacebetween the walls 2 and'3 through a slit 8 formed in the front member near the upper end, said slit being bound as shown at 9.

A cord 10 is secured to the opposite corners of the panel and extends across the front face thereof being designed for use as a towel rack for hanging ties or other articles thereon.

The upper and lower edges of the panel 1 are equipped with spaced rings 7 prefer-- ably composed of ivory and which are designed to suspend the .bag from suitable hooks carried by a door or other support.

Arranged on theouter face of the front member 3 of the panel are six pockets 11 which are exactly alike and which are formed in two series of three each spaced apart as shown at 12. These pockets .11 which are designed to'hold shoes, rubbers,' puttees or the like are each preferably about thirteen inches deep and nine-inches wide with an allowance for fullness of about eight and onehalf inches more or less. The material forming the pockets is either gathered or pleated across the width of the bag making three pockets each nine inches Wide the pleats forming fullness. These pockets are bound by tape 13 and 14. The end pockets of the two series have their outer edges secured by the binding 6 which connects the front and-rear Wallsof the panel.

Located above the upper series of shoe pockets 11 preferably about three inches pockets 15 and'16 spaced from the side edges of the panel and from the slit 8 and which are designed to receive miscellaneous articles such as bedroom slippers, shoe polish, and any other articles desired. These pockets 15 and 16 havethe material from which they are formed-laid in pleats and the lower edges secured to the wallof the panel by a binding tape 16 which tape also extends along the side edges of the pockets and secures the pockets to the wall 3 alon the sides and at-the bottom stitchingg being used to secure them. The. upper end-j of the pockets is left open for the insertion of various articles. The laying of the material in pleats-as the necessary fullness so that ample room will be provided to hold articles of consider* able size. The pleats at the upper edges of at 17 provides l7 stitched thereto.

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top thereof any suitable distance. The inaterial forming the pockets 18 is laid in box pleats and secured at their lower ends by a binding tape 24 stitched to the pleats and to the Wall 3 along the bottom and at the sides. A tape 25 is stitched to the upper edge of the material from which the pocket is formed but doesnot secure the pleats together, said pleats being allowed to open to provide ample space for the insertion of the articlesto be contained in the various compartments. The center compartment 21 of each pocket is twice as wide as the two compartments on. each side of it. These compartments are designed to receive hair brushes, whiskbrooms, tooth brushes, and other toilet articles.

The bag may be constructed of any suitable material the front or outer wall 3 being preferably made of cretonne, denim or any suitable heavy fabric capable of withstanding strains to which it will be subjected while the rear wall 2 may be made of heavy unbleached cotton since it is not exposed to View and is not subjected to the strains to which the front wall is. The bag or panel 1 may be hung on the back of a closet or other door or on the wall, the ivory rings 7 being designed for this purpose and which are engaged with suitable hooks not shown; The rings at the bottom and top of the bag provide for its being held smooth and flat.

A bag constructed as herein shown and described is especially useful for travellers and may be easily folded into a small bundle and carried in a. suitcase occupying a minimum amount of space and serves as a means for keeping one spersonal things neat and ready for use and the bag may be opened up and hung on a closet door in a very few minutes and thus avolds littering the room with small articles.

on its outer face a plurality'of article receiving pockets, some of said pockets being fulled and the fullness in their upper edge secured by a binding'tape.

2. A bag of the class described comprising a double walled flexible panel, the rear wall having a placket near its lower end and its front wall having a slit near its upper end, said front member having ar- I ranged on its outer face a plurality of article receiving pockets, some of said pockets being fulled and the fullness in their upper edge secured by a binding tape, others of said pockets being fulled and having their upper edge loose.

3. A bag of the class described comprising a double walled. flexible panel, the rear wall having a placket near its lower end and its front wall having a slit near its upper end, said front member having arranged on its outer face a plurality of article receiving pockets. some of said pockets being fulled and the fullness in their upper edge confined by a binding tape, others of said pockets being fulled and having their upper edge loose, said loose'edged pockets being divided into a plurality of compartments having openings in the top thereof.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NELL CARRULL.

Witnesses Geo. FREEMAN, C. L. Winona. 

